StringReplace: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 03:24, 23 December 2011

Replaces all occurrences of a substring in a string with another string, then returns the new string

Syntax

stringReplace(main_str, old_subStr, new_subStr)

Arguments

main_str: Is a string expression.old_subStr: Is a string expression.new_subStr: Is a string expression.

Return type

string

Examples

string main_str = "The fox was hunting for a rabbit.";

string old_subStr = "hunting for";

string new_subStr = "hunted by";

string new_str = stringReplace(main_str, old_subStr, new_subStr);

print(main_str); //Result: The fox was hunting for a rabbit.

print(new_str); //Result: The fox was hunted by a rabbit.

Availability

Version 4.8

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+{{HelpFiles}}
-==== stringReplace ====
+==== stringReplace  ====
 Replaces all occurrences of a substring in a string with another string, then returns the new string
 '''Syntax'''
-stringReplace(''main_str'', ''old_subStr'', ''new_subStr'')
-'''Arguments'''
+stringReplace(''main_str'', ''old_subStr'', ''new_subStr'')
-''main_str'': Is a string expression.''old_subStr'': Is a string expression.''new_subStr'': Is a string expression.
-'''Return type'''
+'''Arguments'''
-string
-'''Examples'''
+''main_str'': Is a string expression.''old_subStr'': Is a string expression.''new_subStr'': Is a string expression.
-string main_str = "The fox was hunting for a rabbit.";string old_subStr = "hunting for";string new_subStr = "hunted by";string new_str = stringReplace(main_str, old_subStr, new_subStr);print(main_str);print(new_str);
+'''Return type'''
+string
+'''Examples'''
+''string main_str = "The fox was hunting for a rabbit.";''
+''string old_subStr = "hunting for";''
+''string new_subStr = "hunted by";''
+''string new_str = stringReplace(main_str, old_subStr, new_subStr);''
+''print(main_str); //Result: The fox was hunting for a rabbit.''
+''print(new_str); //Result: The fox was hunted by a rabbit. ''
+'''Availability'''
-'''Availability'''
 Version 4.8
 [[Category:String_Functions]]